f pleased. Persons conscious of their own
integrity, satisfied with themselves, and their Condition, and full of
Confidence in a Supreme Being, and the Hope of Immortality, survey all
about them with a Flow of Good-will. As Trees which like their Soil,
they shoot out in Expressions of Kindness and bend beneath their own
precious Load, to the hand of the Gatherer. Now if the Mind be not thus
easie, 'tis an infallible Sign that it is not in its natural State;
Place the Mind in its right Posture, it will immediately discover its
innate Propension to Beneficence.

[Footnote 1: No. 588.]

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No. 602. Monday, October 4, 1714 Budgell.

'--Facit hoc illos Hyacinthos--'

Juv.

The following Letter comes from a Gentleman, who, I find, is very
dilgent in making his Observations, which I think too material not to be
communicated to the Publick.

SIR,

'In order to execute the Office of Love-Casuist to _Great Britain_,
with which I take my self to be invested by your Paper of September 8,
[1] I shall make some further Observations upon the two Sexes in
general, beginning with that which always ought to have the upper
Hand. After having observed with much Curiosity the Accomplishments
which are apt to captivate female Hearts, I find that there is no
Person so irresistable as one who is a Man of Importance, provided it
be in Matters of no Consequence. One who makes himself talked of, tho'
it be for the particular Cock of his Hat, or for prating aloud in the
Boxes at a Play, is in a fair way of being a Favourite. I have known a
young Fellow make his Fortune by knocking down a Constable; and may
venture to say, tho' it may seem a Paradox, that many a Fair One has
died by a Duel in which both the Combatants have survived.

About three Winters ago I took Notice of a young Lady at the Theatre,
who convceived of a Passion for a notorious Rake that headed a Party
of Cat-calls; and am credibly informed, that the Emperor of the
Mohocks married a rich Widow within three Weeks after having rendered
himself formidable in the Cities of _London_ and _Westminster_.
Scowring and breaking Windows have done frequent Execution upon the
Sex; but there is no Sett of these Male Charmers who make their way
more successfully, than those who have gained themselves a Name for
Intrigue, and have ruined